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Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n. A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network Chernobyl in Ukraine.

Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n.

A network
packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network
Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet
datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and
destination Ether and IP address set as the respective broadcast
addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare
Christmas tree packet.

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